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Historical Event on 4/6/1966

Mihir Sen, first Indian swimmer to achieve many remarkable feats, swam across the 'Palk Strait' measuring 22 kms between India & Sri Lanka (Cylone).

Other Historical Dates and Events
9/4/1921British govt. sends ultimatum to rebels in India, demanding their surrender within 48 hrs, at Madras.
1/8/1984Sushma Mukhopadhyay, first Indian women pilot, died at the of 74.
2/23/1962The Cholera Research Centre was established at Calcutta (renamed as the National Institute of Cholera & Enteric Diseases in 1979).
9/14/1997Fire and explosions devastate terminals and storage tanks at Visakh Refinery of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation. Toll put at 51.
7/27/19987 Hindus are gunned down in two Doda villages of Jammu and Kashmir.
1/11/1986The Naval Dockyard Bombay celebrates its 250th Anniversary.
5/7/1994Dr. S.P. Tripathy, Director-General of ICMR, retired after 32 years of distinguished service in the ICMR, and Dr. G.V. Satyavati took over as the new Director-General of ICMR in July 1994. She became the first woman scientist in the country to head not only ICMR but any Research agency in independent India.
5/29/1965Indian Everest team sets a world record by climbing the Everest for the fourth time.
7/5/1996Janata Dal expels dissident Maneka Gandhi from primary membership of the party.
5/19/1980Dr. Ramashankar Shukla 'Rasal', famous writer, passed away.